Am I the only one a bit bored of spinners being one of the opening bowlers now. Yeah I get that the Surrey-Durham match is taking spin, but you've got Linley, Tremlett and Meaker in your side, let a couple of them have a few overs at the start.

I know there are a few spinners who seem to be genuinely good at it, but most of the time it just seems the done thing on any pitch with some turn.

*Awaits Batty running through Durham with the new ball.

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Am I the only one a bit bored of spinners being one of the opening bowlers now. Yeah I get that the Surrey-Durham match is taking spin, but you've got Linley, Tremlett and Meaker in your side, let a couple of them have a few overs at the start.

I know there are a few spinners who seem to be genuinely good at it, but most of the time it just seems the done thing on any pitch with some turn.

*Awaits Batty running through Durham with the new ball.

Tremlett isn't playing.

But I agree with your greater point.

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Yeah, he hasn't had enough runs to bowl with tbf, but they'd have counted on him for at least three wickets today ... he'll come back later in the season I expect, but season's figures of 1 for 230 are not quite what he'd have hoped for.

I'd be leaving him at 6 in the one day side - it's clearly his role and he does it bloody well, why jeopardise that, especially since he'll be picked there in the ODI team.

Wouldn't be against seeing him at 5 in the 4-day side though - Trescothick, Alviro, Kieswetter and Hildreth all above him once Compton heads off to Test duty.

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I'm certainly not disputing how well he plays his role down at six, but there's always the temptation should he bat higher he could be even more influential and build on the two List A centuries he currently has to his name. But I do get your point, an average in excess of 53 suggests he's been more than useful in his current position.

Didn't realise it was as low as 53 these days. He doesn't have a batting position in the OD game really. He doesn't bat lower than 6 but it's all to do with when the wickets fall. If Somerset were 200/1 with 10 overs left then I'm pretty sure they'd send Jos in next for example.

Didn't realise it was as low as 53 these days. He doesn't have a batting position in the OD game really. He doesn't bat lower than 6 but it's all to do with when the wickets fall. If Somerset were 200/1 with 10 overs left then I'm pretty sure they'd send Jos in next for example.

Shocking I know. It's as high as 57 without the ODI's. When you haven't played that much just a couple of failures can be damming to the average.